Monday, November 11, 2019

PRO-2 chief: Peace talks, key to lasting peace

From the Philippine Information Agency (Nov 11, 2019): PRO-2 chief: Peace talks, key to lasting peace

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AGLIPAY, Quirino, Nov. 11 (PIA)-- Police Brigadier General Angelito Casimiro, acting regional director of Police Regional Office 2, in his first command visit at the Quirino Police Provincial Office recently, has reiterated his desire for peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army (CPP-NPA) to be able to achieve lasting peace in the region.

“We will continue to reach out to our brothers and sisters in the CPP-NPA and provide them platforms where they can air their issues and how the government could help them in going back to the folds of government.

He said their doors are open for them, though, they just ambushed his men in Isabela that resulted to the death of Patrolman Henry Gayaman and wounding three others.

In his visit to the wake of the fallen police officer recently, Casimiro expressed how painful on his part to lose a brother but that’s the reality in the life of uniformed men like them.



He, however, assured the public that such incident will not stop them from working hard just to achieve peace.

“We all want peace and this could only be achieved through talks and not through bullets, it’s not about how many will die from both the government and the other side, because if someone dies, either of the PNP and NPA side, there’s always a family who will mourn because of loss of loved ones and this saddens us,” Casimiro, a native of Nueva Vizcaya, said.

The PNP regional director said he always wants to settle things peacefully because for the past 35 years in his career, he saw that no amount of body counts, number of tons of bullets and deaths on both sides will give lasting peace.

“The PNP will always be with on the right side, on what is good for the people,” Casimiro added. (ALM/TCB/PIA 2/Quirino)

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